Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-28
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1t IS again reported that Mrs. Lang
try will marry her devoted admirer in
June next.
There are 403 members of Congress,
but only 283 are connected with
churches
Queen Victoria is the Oldest reigning
sovereign in Europe excepting En-
peror William.
The late Helen Hunt jackson left
an estate worth $12,642, almost all of
which she made by her pen.
Miss Edith Chester and Mrs. Blanche
Horlock, actresses, are the reigning
professional beauties in London.
John Ruskin rises to remark wrath
fully that civilization is putting its best
iron into ''iron-clads and stink-pots."
The oldest brass band in this coun-
try is the one at Barnstead, n. II. 1t
will shortly celebrate its fiftieth ami
versary.
Montana lacks one qualification of q
state. She has no big debt. On the
contrary, she has neat sum in her
treasury.
Senator-elect Reagan is now living
with his third wife, and intrusts to her
supervision his not very profitable
Texas farm.
Jay Gould is said to be writing
book on the railway question, which
| will doubtless conceal what its author
knows on the subject to be treated.
William +. Cody, otherwise known
as Buffalo Bill" never drinks any
thing stronger than lemonade, because
| tire-waters do not agree with him, he
says.
William X. Vanderbilt will hereafter
spend most Of his time in Europe. His
new private yacht, the Alva, which
cost $l,000,000, will soon be ready for
use.
George r. Sims, the English play
wright and story-writer, has received
nearly 100000 from his plays pro-
duced in the United States during the
past five years.
Congressman Buck, of Connecticut,
has received letter from female
constituent asking him for all the
details of the fisheries question, as she
is interested in botany"
An Indian called upon the editor of
the Crescent City (Cal.) Record a few
days ago and threatened To scalp him
for publishing his name in the paper
for getting drunk and raising row.
Jim FcatherstonnugL, of Big Tom
Canon, n. NJ, says he can whip any
man in America. He will make an
Eastern trip in the summer, as he says,
to "shove his fist under Sullivan's
nose.
Charles Heyne, IA poor umbrella
member, of Pttsburg, Pa, who is now
dying of consumption, served as a sol
der in three great wars-the American
civil war, the Austro-Prussian, and the
German conflicts.
Sarah Bernhardt, whose purse is
always rs slim as her form, has re-
ceived from her numerous engagements
since May last nearly 1900, 900 francs.
What becomes of her money she is un-
able to tell herself.
Ex-Governor Bate, who is to repre-
sent Tennessee in the Senate, was at
Bull Run, was dangerously wounded
at Shiloh, had three horses killed under
him at Chickamauga and was again
wounded, and is now Il poor man.
The biggest fool in the world, ac-
cording to Sam Jones, is the female
who marries man whose breath smells
of whisky. The revivalist won much
applause by making that assertion in
one OF his talks to a Boston audience.
Mrs. John I. Cleveland, the sister of
Horace Greeley, and her daughter have
been in great want during the winter,
the property left them having melted
away. They have both been quite ill,
and their friends were obliged to assist
them.
Metz is perhaps the most agitated Of
all the cities on the continent. Her
young men, faithful to France and
fearful of being drafted into II fight
against her, are moving away, and
whole families hold themselves in
readiness to start at any time.
Senator Jones of Nevada has struck
no such rich streaks of luck as lately
represented. He has had no great
stroke of fortune. He has done well
in business, but has had nothing like
the success which the numerous para
graphs printed have attributed to him.
Frederick Amerling, the celebrated
Austrian painter, died recently in his
eighty-sixth year. Among his greater
works are dido Abandoned by
.Eneas'' and "Moses in the Desert.